MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
June 14, 2005

The Regents of the University of New Mexico met on Tuesday, June 14, 2005, l: 00 p.m. in the Student Union Building Lobo Room. A copy of the public notice is on file in the Office of the President.

Regents present:

James H. Koch, President
Jack L. Fortner, Vice President
Sandra K. Begay-Campbell
Douglas M. Brown
John M. “Mel” Eaves
Raymond Sanchez
Rosalyn D. Nguyen, Student Regent
President Louis Caldera

Vice Presidents present

David Harris, EVP
Interim Provost Reed Dasenbrock
Eliseo Torres, Vice President for Student Affairs
Michael Carroll, Vice President for Advancement
Terry Yates, VP for Research and Economic Development

Regents' Advisors present:

Ed DeSantis, President, Faculty Senate
Steve Borbas, President, Staff Council
Kevin Stevenson, President, ASUNM
Brittany Jaeger, incoming President, ASUNM
Buckner Creel, President GPSA
Coleman Travelstead, President, Alumni Association
Robert Bovinette, UNM Foundation

Others in attendance:

Members of the administration, faculty, staff, students, the media, and others.

Regent James Koch presided and called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. .

ADOPTION OF AGENDA, Regent Jamie Koch

Motion approved unanimously to adopt the agenda.

APPROVAL OF SUMMARIZED MINUTES OF MAY 13, 2005 MEETING OF THE UNM BOARD OF REGENTS

Motion approved unanimously to approve the May 13, 2005 Minutes.

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, President Louis Caldera

• President Caldera just back from the Mountain West Conference and Yellowstone Park.
• Today is Cheo Torres' 60th birthday.
• Congratulations to Coach Glen Millican and the golf team for finishing 5 th in the NCAA Golf Tournament this year.
• Congratulations to the students from the College of Engineering and their faculty advisor Professor John Russell who placed 14 th in the International Race Car Design Competition sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers. There will be a gathering to congratulate the students.
• In the past few weeks, UNM had the ribbon cutting for Dominici Hall, which is the home of three programs: The Mind Institute, The Brain Institute, and the Mind Imaging Center. Senator Dominici and Governor Richardson were present at the ribbon cutting.
• The groundbreaking for the basketball practice facility has taken place. Governor Richardson was present for the groundbreaking.
• A delegation went to High Tech High School in San Diego on behalf of UNM, which is one of the schools we will be hosting on the UNM campus.
• President Caldera had the opportunity to testify before the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee on how higher education, government, and the private sector can work together more effectively to strengthen America's workforce and to make a case for funding a graduate program for Hispanic serving institutions that would allow UNM to reach our goal of increasing the diversity of our graduate students pursuing PhD's.
• The Summer Session began on June 4 th , we have over seven thousand students enrolled, the Session will run for eight weeks, through July 29 th . There are also a number of students and parents on campus for the Lobo orientation as they begin their transition form high school students to university students.

COMMENTS FROM REGENTS ADVISORS

Dr. Ed DeSantis, President, Faculty Senate

• At the end of the Spring Semester, the Faculty Senate called together the old operations committee and the new operations committee, along with the new president, to get a sense of where the Senate is going by looking at all the options before them. They will be looking very closely at the bylaws to see if they are taking advantage of them as written. There may be some changes to the organization of the Senate over the next year.
• The Senate wants to continue to develop the strengths within the colleges. The twenty one senators of the Health Sciences Center have demonstrated their resolution and skill in organizing the process of making the Health Sciences Center more efficient. The physicians are very dedicated to their professions and have worked up to and above fifty hours a week, due to patient demand.

Sabra Basler, President, Staff Council

• David Growth, President Elect, was introduced.
• A listing of all the committees within Staff Council was distributed
• Sabra thanked Susan Carkeek for involving Staff Council in two important decisions: placing Barbara Gabaldon on the HSC Vice President Search Committee and having Sally Bergen serve on the ENBA Scholorship Committee.
• Staff Council just finished celebrating their second annual Staff Week. Sabra thanked Regent Doug Brown for attending two events.
• Sabra thanked HR for the breakfast. There were five hundred staff at the breakfast and the art show had forty-two artists in it, and three hundred visitors viewed the art show.
• Sabra thanked Walt Miller for a luncheon for celebrating fifteen years of Staff Council service. Kathy Meadows was awarded the Jim Davis Outstanding Councilor award this year.
• Five hundred people attended the free book exchange and books were collected to send to Ghana.
• Twenty-six units of blood were raised at the Blood Drive and hundreds of fruit cups were distributed. The massages sold out by 10 o'clock.
• The Isotopes game tickets sold out quickly. It was the third largest attendance in Isotopes history.
• North Campus has requested more events take place on North Campus and an even distribution of awards.
• Staff Council would like to bring Ellen Galinski to UNM for a free workshop that would involve the city and Sandia Labs, and people from the community, on balancing work and life. Staff Council is trying to raise three thousand dollars to pay for the workshop. Staff Council is contributing five hundred dollars.

Buckner Creel, President, GPSA

• The last month for GPSA has been a time of discussion of the priorities of graduate students because of the bond issue. The board will be committing the students to a long term fee increase, which is significant.
• GPSA is in support of the bond issue, but asks the Board to be caution in looking at the issues and the items of the bond issue very carefully. GPSA asks the Board to be very careful in meeting the great needs of the students.
• The voice of the students, which is not here, and has not been presented before, is that of the evening, weekend, and part-time students. Many of these students work and are unable to attend the Board meetings to voice their opinions on the bond issue. They are the ones most penalized by the bond issue because they are at UNM so much longer for their degree program. They will be “hit” over and over by the yearly fees for the same number of credits. GSPA asked that the Board take these students point-of-view on this issue into account.
• GPSA is attempting to communicate much more clearly with UNM and the Board on the issues and agendas that affect graduate professional students across campus, so that the Board can make decisions that wisely move and progress graduate studies at UNM forward. GPSA has re-tooled their website to make information more clear.
• GPSA is presently creating a student guide to encourage graduate students to complete their education. This guide is expected to be ready for distribution to students in Spring 2006.
• GPSA asks that the University continually focus on the Office of Graduate Studies to meet student needs. Graduate housing is a concern for GPSA and will be discussed further at other meetings.

Brittany Jaeger, President, ASUNM

• Introduction of Brittany Jaeger, incoming ASUNM President.
• Brittany asked that the Board look into every single item in the bond issue. As the undergraduate student voice, they feel very strongly about the bond issue and the building of academic facilities.

Angela Vachio, President, UNM Alumni Association

• Introduction of Angela (“Angie”) Vachio, incoming UNM Alumni Association President.
• The new board of directors was developed at meeting on June 3 rd .

Robert Bovinette, Chair, UNM Foundation

• Robert had nothing new to report at this time.

COMMENTS FROM REGENTS

• Regent Sandra Begay-Campbell reported on the planning meeting for a tribal summit. They decided on the date of September 7 th to host twenty-two of the tribal leaders in the state of New Mexico. The secretary of Indian Affairs attended, along with the chief of staff.
• Regent James H. Koch reported that he has been busy with the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce has agreed to sponsor the banquet for students with a 3.0 or better grade average. The Chamber of Commerce will partner with the Lobo Club to have a dinner recognizing 245 students with a 3.0 or better grade average.

ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE, Raymond Sanchez, Chair

• The Advancement Committee met on May 26 th , all members were present and were informed of the functions of UNM public relations and communications department. The Committee will be working on setting up a strategy to inform the public of the story of UNM, its' various colleges and departments, and let the public know that UNM is here to work with them and that UNM is primarily here for the students.
• Regent Raymond Sanchez thanked President Caldera for attending the Advancement Committee meeting.

ACADEMIC/STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, Douglas Brown, Chair

• Dr. Joe Cecchi/School of Engineering, informed the committee of a formula race car designed and built entirely by the students. The car finished 14 th out of 140 cars at an international competition held in Detroit.
• The committee had a faculty highlight on Professor Jennifer Moore/School of Law and discussed her background and accomplishments.
• Vanessa Shields, a student program specialist, spoke to the committee on the graduation project. The graduation project is to encourage students, without degrees, to come back to UNM to graduate.

Motion approved unanimously to approve policy for endowed faculty chairs.

• Professor Gail Houston/Director of Women Studies and Amy Willard/Associate Provost, made a presentation to the committee on the graduate certificate in Women's Studies.

Motion approved unanimously to approve graduate certificate in Women's Studies.

FINANCE AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE, Mel Eaves, Chair

Motion approved unanimously to approve the meeting summary from April 1, 2005.

Motion approved unanimously to approve the Disposition of Surplus Property on the List Dated 4/22/05.

Motion approved unanimously to approve the change to the Lobo Club Bylaws that the Board of Directors shall be made up of no more than forty-seven (47) members.

UNM Systems Revenue Bonds - Parameters Resolution and Bond Issue Report

• Andrew Cullen provided a basic explanation of the Bonds, the methods of financing, and discussed the Parameter Bond Resolution. Each Regent was provided a copy of the Summary of Parameter Bond Resolution.
• The Parameter Resolution would authorize the issuance of Subordinate Lien System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2005. The proceeds of the Bonds would be used for the purpose of financing the construction or renovation of various facilities located on any campus of the University of New Mexico.
• Mr. Cullen stated that enrollment, over the last five years, has increased approximately 13 ½ %, which has placed a strain on all UNM facilities. The Main Campus, over the past ten years, has received over 26 % of the state capitol outlay dollars from the state legislature.
• Mr. Cullen discussed the proposal for what UNM would do with the $125 million this bond issue would raise and the various projects that would be funded.
• A 1 ½ % increase in the student facility fee, which would raise $1.160 million, was proposed, effective fiscal year May 2006. The increase would be 1 ½ % per year, over the next five years, with the dollars going towards the projects listed in the Summary of Parameters Bond Resolution.
• Mr. Cullen also explained the prioritization of the list of projects.
• Interim Provost Dasenbrock discussed the capitol outlay requests intended to go to legislature in January and that the number one priority is the renovation of Castetter Hall. There is $4 million dollars in this bond issue for this renovation. The College of Education is the second priority.
• Various concerns over the bond issue was discussed and it was agreed that other sources for funding infrastructure at UNM should be further discussed at a later date.
• Regent Eaves discussed that a pamphlet be created with photos of the facilities and quotes from students attending the meetings, so the press and the University community can see the purpose of these funds. He asked that this pamphlet be rapidly created.

Motion approved unanimously that the $3 million be reallocated to Castettler Hall, to be supported by student fees, with the contingency that the capitol priorities be reviewed with the legislative lobbyist team and additional information be provided for further discussion.

Motion approved unanimously that the Resolution be approved in its amended form with the exception that the variable rate feature be deleted and revised to a fixed rate with a cap of 5.5%, to eliminate the risk over the next thirty years.

Motion approved unanimously for RFP no. 39-04, Picture Archiving and Communications System and RFP No. 42-04, Hardware, Servers and Workstation for contract approvals.

Motion approved unanimously for contract for health insurance plans through Lovelace and United Health Care.

Motion approved unanimously for RFP 669, Legislative Relations Consultant and Lobbyist.

Motion approved unanimously for Major Capital Project Priorities, as amended.

Motion approved unanimously to accept gift of real property located at 246 Ledoux Street, Taos to be transferred to the Harwood Museum through the UNM Foundation.

Motion approved unanimously the renewal of the Maui HPCC (High Performance Computing Center) lease.

Motion approved unanimously for the annual renewal of lease for real property at 1258 Ortiz Rd. SE, Albuquerque.

Motion approved unanimously for addition to 1021 Medical Arts, Phase One.

Motion approved unanimously of Executive Compensation Bonus Plan and Salary Increases FY 2005-06.

Motion approved unanimously of UNM Operating Budget FY2005-06 and Report on HSC Component Budgets FY2002-06 with the three amendments listed below.

• Charts and graphs of the Department of Athletics budget reviewed. Only 4% of the Athletics budget is covered from other sources. Athletics is running a balanced budget primarily from ticket sales.
• Patient revenue from the hospital is the highest source of revenue.
• Summary of the consolidated budget for Main Campus and HSC was reviewed in detail.
• Three Amendments to the budget were discussed:
1. Request for $50 thousand to fund the Summer Institute for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives;
2. A Plan be developed to create a super-equity fund to reward merit and retain faculty who have a record of excellence;
3. The project of the Lobo Center is $700 thousand dollars under budget and UNM will be refunded that amount of money. Sandia Foundation is requesting that $200 thousand be used for the renovation of the Anderson School.

Motion approved for recommendation for naming the HSC Education Building after Senator Pete Comanche.

Information Items :

Regents referred to contract information in binder regarding UNM College of Fine Arts-Offline Full Dome Production Systems and UNM/HSC/UNMH-Web Based Learning Management System with no discussion.

Steve McKernin reviewed a slide presentation of the Uncompensated Care, UNM Health Sciences Center.

• UNM Health Sciences Center provided $834.5 million in charges to patients in FY 2004.
• $219.9 million of those charges are for uncompensated care.
• The cost to HSC to provide those services was $122.4 million in FY 2004 and $106.2 million in FY 2003.
• UNM Health Sciences Center uncompensated care costs are increasing more rapidly than economic growth in New Mexico.
• UNM Health Sciences Center continues to seek solutions to address the costs of uncompensated care.

HEALTH SCIENCES COMMITTEE, Regent Jack Fortner, Chair

Motion approved unanimously to approve the permanent appointments to UNMH Medical Staff as listed at tab 23.

Motion approved unanimously to approve the reappointments to the UNMH Medical Staff as listed at tab 23.

Motion approved unanimously to approve the expansion of privileges, Robert Thomas, PhD, Dept. of Psychiatry.

Motion approved unanimously to approve the reappointments to the Clinical Operations Board (Maria Griego-Raby and Steve Anaya).

Executive Session: discussion of limited personnel matters pursuant to section 10-15-1.H (2), NMSA and litigation matters pursuant to section 10-15-1.H (7), NMSA.

Board of Regent President James H. Koch

Board of Regent Secretary Treasurer Sandra Begay-Campbell